Roger Fosdick
Professor

Reasonable continuum theories of material behavior are conceived upon a background of observable phenomena in the physical world around us and are motivated by the desire and the need to understand and to study these observations. To a large extend, sophisticated technological advances underscore this need and require us constantly to improve upon old theories and to question old ideas and assumptions. Here, then, fundamental principles of nonlinear continuum mechanics, thermomechanics and electromechanics are being applied within various constitutive theories of material behavior in order to better understand phenomena associated with phase changes, coexistent phases, material instability, structure and stability properties of intense shock waves, and departures from classical constitutive laws including that of heat conduction and long-range spatial dependence. Current research directions include both solid- and fluid-like materials and are concerned with crystalline and amorphous structures, as well as mixtures.

Degrees

B.S., Mech. Engineering, Ill. Institute of Tech., 1959.
Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 1963.

Experience

1969–present: Professor of Mechanics Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota
1965–1969: Associate Professor of Mechanics Department of Mechanics Illinois Institute of Technology
1962–1965: Assistant Professor of Mechanics Department of Mechanics Illinois Institute of Technology
1959–1962: National Defense Act Fellow Graduate Student and Research Assistant Division of Applied Mathematics Brown University
1961–1962: Visiting Fellow Mathematics Department University of Durham, King’s College Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1964: Consultant ITT Research Institute (1 month) Research Associate Division of Applied Mathematics Brown University (2 months)
1965: Resident Research Associate Argonne National Laboratories (3 months)
1977: Visiting Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Federal University of Rio de Janeiro COPPE, Brazil (2 months)
1980: Erskine Fellow Department of Civil Engineering and Visiting Professor University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand (2 months)
1982: Visiting Professor Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica Universidad Nacional del Sur Bahia Blanca, Argentina (2 months)
1986: Summer University Faculty Thermomechanical and Physical Div. 1534 Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (2 months)
1987: CNR Visiting Professor Instituto di Scienza delle Costruzioni Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy (2 months) Summer University Faculty Thermomechanical and Physical Div.1534 Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (2 months)
1989: Visiting Professor Instituto di Matematica Applicata Universita degli Studi di Padova Padova, Italy (May 19–June 7)
Summer University Faculty Thermomechanical and Physical Div. 1534 Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM (2 months)
1990–91: Program Coordinator Institute for Mathematics and its Applications Phase Transitions and Free Boundaries University of Minnesota
1991: CNR Visiting Professor Instituto di Matematica Applicata Universita degli Studi di Padova Padova, Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale Universita di Bari Bari, Italy Instituto di Scienza delle Costruzioni Universita di Pisa Pisa, Italy (May 27-June 22)
1994: Visiting Professor Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale Universita di Bari Bari, Italy Instituto di Scienza delle Costruzioni Universita di Pisa Pisa, Italy (May 21-June 15)
1997: CNR Visiting Professor Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale Universita di Bari Bari, Italy Instituto di Scienza delle Costruzioni Universita di Pisa Pisa, Italy (April 14-May 15)
2003: Visiting Professor Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale Universita di Bari Bari, Italy Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture Universita degli Studi di Parma Parma, Italy Instituto di Scienza delle Costruzioni Universita di Pisa Pisa, Italy (June-July)
2004: Visiting Professor Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale Universita di Bari Bari, Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Universita di Roma ”Tor Vergata” Rome, Italy (May-June)
2006: Visiting Professor Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale Universita di Bari Bari, Italy (January-June)

Five Recent Publications

R.L. Fosdick and M. Silhavy, 2006, Generalized Baker-Ericksen inequalities, J. Elasticity, 85, 39-44, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
R.L. Fosdick and G. Royer, 2006, Chemomechanical equilibrium of bars, J. Elasticity, 84, 167-188, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
R.L. Fosdick and G. Royer, 2005, A Stokes theorem for second order tensor fields and its implications in continuum mechanics, Int. J. Nonlinear Mech., 40, 381-386, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
R.L. Fosdick and G. Royer, 2005, A penalty interpretation for the Lagrange multiplier fields in incompressible multipolar elasticity theory, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 10, 389-413, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF
R.L. Fosdick and G. Royer, 2004, Stress as a constraint reaction in rigid bodies, J. Elasticity, 74, 265-276, (Journal Article) More Details, Request PDF

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Honors and Fellowships

Politecnico di Bari, December, 2005: Background (in Italian)
Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics, 1993: Background

Editorial Positions

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Elasticity (1998–present)
Editorial Board, Journal of Elasticity (1970–present)
Editorial Board, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (1996–2006) Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Mathematical & Physical Sciences (2002-present)
Editorial Board, Journal of Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics (2005-present)

Subjects and Courses Taught

Undergraduate: AEM 2011 -- Statics; AEM 3031 -- Deformable Body Mechanics; AEM 4581 -- Mechanics of Solids
Graduate: AEM 5501 -- Continuum Mechanics; AEM 5503 -- Theory of Elasticity; AEM 8511 -- Advanced Topics in Continuum Mechanics

Curriculum Vitae

Brief Biographical Sketch

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Roger Fosdick Professor